FIFA 16 will bring football gameplay into the next level by incorporating more fluid and dynamic playability modes

FIFA 16 will bring football gameplay into the next level by incorporating more fluid and dynamic playability modes – think two step dribbles with ‘stuttering steps’ before shooting a goal which is ‘doable’ on FIFA 14 but it will become a more fluid part of gameplay on FIFA 16. This is the issue – you watch FIFA 12, 14 or FIFA 2002 and you know you’re playing against a computer or that your multiplayer opponent could never do that on a real pitch. This is what EA wants to change by making fluidity in game play more realistic and this is what EA have announced at their epic E3 conference.

All 22 players on the pitch have an attitude towards any other teammate or opponent. For example if a player gets fouled by the same opponent repeatedly he might be angry and confront him, players might get frustrated if a teammate striker repeatedly misses the target, but they would of course change their attitude if that striker were to score a last-minute winning goal. All these emotions are told by over 600 new animations.

The emotions are tracked for the whole match to tell a story on the pitch and bring the game even closer to real life. At the moment the emotion isn't tied to any gameplay, so don't expect to see your player sent off for elbowing a guy when the referee isn't looking. Lead producer Sebastian Enrique thinks that is for the best.

"We feel that we're not ready to create something where a situation is out of your control," he told ArabicGamers. "I can give you a lot of examples why. Imagine playing Simeone and Beckham from that 1998 World Cup. What was the situation? It was, 'This guy will get mad if I annoy him enough'. And he was annoying him, annoying him, annoying him, talking to the guy. At some point there was a bad reaction and then a red card.

Other modes/features in FIFA 16 include:

Online friendlies
compete online against your friends

Co-Op Seasons
compete online with a friend in 2v2 matches

Skill Games
26 new Skill Games added to the popular practice mode including four new games that cover the basics – dribbling, shooting, passing, defending.